A Michigan State Police trooper secures the scene at the Belding Police Department where investigators say a man shot out the window of patrol car early Saturday morning. The man was later shot and killed by a Belding officer.Aaron Aupperlee | MLive.com

BELDING, MI — Under fire from someone already suspected of shooting out the window of a police car, a Belding police officer shot and killed a man early Saturday morning.

Few details were released about the man police shot and killed. The man did not have identification on him, state police 1st Lt. Kevin Sweeney, commander of the Lakeview post, said during a press conference Saturday morning.

The shooting happened about 5:23 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 5, after a Belding police officer and a Michigan State Police trooper from the Lakeview post stopped the man's van at M-44 and Hawley Highway. The officers ordered the man out of his van. He exited and began shooting at the patrol cars, Sweeney said.

Investigators believe the Belding officer returned fire. Sweeney did not think the state trooper fired his weapon. Neither the Belding officer nor the state trooper were hurt.

Belding Police Chief Dale Nelson said Saturday's officer-involved shooting was the department's first in at least a decade. Nelson has been with the Belding Police Department for 11 years.

The Belding officer has been placed paid administrative leave until the investigation is completed and the officer is cleared to return to work, Nelson said.

The man initially fired shots about 5:12 a.m. outside the Belding Police Department, 120 Pleasant St. The window of a Belding police cruiser was shot out, Sweeney said. An officer working inside the department heard the gunshots, went outside to investigate, found the broken window and saw the man getting into a van, Sweeney said. The officer began following the van and called for backup. A state trooper arrived to assist, and the officers stopped the van at M-44 and Hawley.

Detectives are still on scene investigating and will be for several hours, Sweeney said. M-44 remains closed near Hawley Highway. Sweeney asked anyone traveling in that area to take an alternate route.